The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-10-19

have locked the milk glands, and you
never can pick the lock. The COW, In A.,
other words. will give less milk at the |
next milking. and she will never re-
cover until she has another calf. Olce
lower the flow and it is permanently
lowered. Bat thousands of our native
cattle are not guarded at all against
this danger, and is it any wonder that
they are Observation-Disclosures
| Rural.
The special foods for causing hens to
lay are secret preparations. but the fol-
lowing is considered a good formula:
! Two pounds each of bone, linseed cake,
dried meats, oats and oy ster shells, all
finely ground; one ounce sulphur, two
ounces red pepper, f0uI ounces each OF
common salt and cOpperas, and one
ounce OF bread soda. Mix the whole
thoroughly, and allow O tablespoonful
three times q week 10 each fowl. As
the cost of these substances viii be but
little, quite q large quantity can be
made at one time.
i writer in Hoard's Dairyman says
that as a general thing Holsteins are
kept for the purpose of selling their
milk. and are fed for the purpose of
producing quantity instead Of quality,
which makes great difference. Feed
them a~ you do Jerseys for butter and
YOU will soon see great diff renee III
the quality Of the milk. He has grade
Jerseys, Avrshires and Shorthorns; al
so thoroughbred Shorthorns, Guern-
se}s and Holsteins, and never saw
Young cattle do so we'll OF the same
amount of food as the Ho!SteiIs do.
The most common cause OF abortion
in COWS is food that is damaged DY MIL
t dew. This fungus growth is always
. more or less poisonous. and in some
varieties, as is we'll known. it has n
specific effect on the reproductive or
gqns. ErgOt on rye, and also on other
] plants, is familiar example. The
2 prevalence of abortion in herds of cows,
r often supposed TO be epidemic, may be
5 accounted for by the fact that they are
I all given the same kind Of food. liz
some cases abortion does appear as an
, epidemic disease. but many cases can
be otherwise accounted for.
: Hoard's Dairyman notes that Prof
?, w. A. Henry, of the Wisconsin Station
5 last summer kept six cows, three by
: pasturlng and three by soiling, having
i the quality of the two herds as nearl,
Z equal as possible. The result was
product of 1.779 pounds of milk from
e one acre of pasture, producing eighty
two pounds of butter, while one acr
% in soiling crops gave him 1882 pound
t. of milk, which made 1872 pounds O
q butter. The pasture was one of tn
: best blue grass pastures, capable o
n carrying COW per acre through tn
l. season under favorable weather condi
L tons.
A good many farmers have the ide
- that milk is not just right for pigs unit
r it has sOured. This is a very ser;ou
. mistake. No possible good can com
20 from souring it. but very serious harm
Z. After you take out the cream and tn
IS water the most that remains is casein
y and sugar of milk. Both are valuable
Ii But when you sour it you change tn
e, sugar of milk into Tactic acid, and los
De nearly half the entire value of you
r. milk. Feed milk sweet to calves an
g pigs and colts Never let it sour
your can help it. Why will you throy
: away halt is valued The Homestead
ID The instinct Of the honey bee is &C
'e mirably set forth in their practice {
Z cutting into the base of flowers {
- which the corolIa is too deep to be per
'e etrated by the organs of feeding. A
Inspection of flowers of the honey
~ s1ckle will show, if there be bees in tn
~ neighborhood. one or more missions {
the case of the corolla of that Ion
III tubular flower made by the bee an
is through which he has drank the Swe,
SO iuiccs. It is curious to watch a bee O
IS "A honevsuckle. on fault & to penetrat
81 the flower i.self. ecaHiper to the bas
ve drill "A hole therein. and through tn
of drink the drop Of golden nectar.
- There are some peculiar things abor
- the measurements of good dairy coz
ur The length Of the coz from the top
the head To the rump bone, when Il
top at the head is in line with Il
be spine. should he equal to four times Il
e. length If tn head. The circumfereu'
,re If the cow I'm the center Of the triin
and when in foil milk ana not aflirc'e
Nv Ii. calf. should never Dp less th
four TINE, the length OF the head. il
length uf she der, measuring b
-; tv, en- tar qaar.er-, should ne equal
a. the lc.oth AID width Of she hcai col
H., bincd The head Of a 1,2jJ-paund ca
'o ,rould net he les than tHenfy-ol
Vi inches in !eugth.-HOme and Farm.
An advocate Z mutton sheep 81
that ii the farmers Of America cpu
- handle IN an ayeraga fifty ewes ayes
NJ and be sure 20 have them Only IF q
en- mutton br, e.. they ~onld Ease n"
ne good meat OF paving quality 20 {
'e- a-re t7eu rs now done. o. az me ssr
- time orofu~e Ere-t'r sarj 81 % q
'" -i~.a.- 500. .s. A. r. i@, ao 'hiT 81 SO
TN a~e carrying too mary e-~> .n 81
~ 1a-k.-. supplying .'t.e. j ANY. 1e.'-
% a-e meat. a.d vastly goo mEc1 IS oil
lc' variety f ,roal. she re-ul; - which
.i>- wool--ai,;a~ Is Improbable 10 the q